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<span class="Comment">/*</span><span class="Comment">**************************************************************************</span>


<span class="Comment">Lazy&lt;T&gt;: template class for lazy initialization of objects whose</span>
<span class="Comment">values do not change after initialization.</span>
<span class="Comment">In a multi-threaded environment, this makes use of &quot;double checked locking&quot;</span>
<span class="Comment">for an efficient, thread-safe solution.</span>

<span class="Comment">Usage:</span>

<span class="Comment">   Lazy&lt;T&gt; obj; // declaration of the lazy object</span>

<span class="Comment">    ...</span>

<span class="Comment">   do {</span>
<span class="Comment">      Lazy&lt;T&gt;::Builder builder(obj);</span>
<span class="Comment">      if (!builder()) break; // if we are not building, the break out</span>

<span class="Comment">      UniquePtr&lt;T&gt; p;  // create a pointer </span>

<span class="Comment">         ...</span>

<span class="Comment">      builder.move(p); // move p into the object to complete the initialization</span>
<span class="Comment">                       // We can then complete the initialization process.</span>
<span class="Comment">   } while(0);  // When this scope closes, the object is fully initialized.</span>
<span class="Comment">                // subsequent attempts to build the object will yield</span>
<span class="Comment">                // !builder.built()</span>


<span class="Comment">   T objCopy = *obj;   // *obj returns a read-only reference</span>
<span class="Comment">                       // one can also use -&gt; operator</span>

<span class="Comment">It is important to follow this recipe carefully.  In particular,</span>
<span class="Comment">the builder must be enclosed in a scope, as it's destructor</span>
<span class="Comment">plays a crucial role in finalizing the initialization.</span>

<span class="Comment">NOTE: if p is null in builder.move(p), the object is still considered</span>
<span class="Comment">built.</span>

<span class="Comment">***************************************************************************</span><span class="Comment">*/</span>

<span class="Type">template</span>&lt;<span class="Type">class</span> T&gt;
<span class="Type">class</span> Lazy {
<span class="Statement">public</span>:
   Lazy();

   Lazy(<span class="Type">const</span> Lazy&amp;);
   Lazy&amp; <span class="Statement">operator</span>=(<span class="Type">const</span> Lazy&amp;);
   <span class="Comment">// deep copies using T's copy constructor</span>
   <span class="Comment">// EXCEPTIONS: may throw (but provides strong ES guarantee)</span>

   <span class="Type">const</span> T&amp; <span class="Statement">operator</span>*()  <span class="Type">const</span>;     <span class="Comment">// pointer access</span>
   <span class="Type">const</span> T* <span class="Statement">operator</span>-&gt;() <span class="Type">const</span>;
   <span class="Type">const</span> T* get() <span class="Type">const</span>;

   <span class="Statement">operator</span> fake_null_type() <span class="Type">const</span>;
   <span class="Comment">// allows test against 0</span>

   ~Lazy();

   kill();  <span class="Comment">// destroy and reset</span>

   <span class="Type">bool</span> built() <span class="Type">const</span>; <span class="Comment">// test if already built</span>

   <span class="Type">class</span> Builder {
      Builder(<span class="Type">const</span> Lazy&amp;);
     ~Builder()

      <span class="Type">bool</span> <span class="Statement">operator</span>()() <span class="Type">const</span>; <span class="Comment">// test if we are building</span>

      <span class="Type">void</span> move(UniquePtr&lt;T&gt;&amp;);
      <span class="Comment">// EXCEPTIONS: may throw an exception if the move is not allowed</span>
      <span class="Comment">// (i.e., not building or already moved).</span>
      <span class="Comment">// Provides strong ES guarantee. </span>
   };
};


<span class="Comment">// EXCEPTIONS: except where noted, no exceptions are thrown</span>

<span class="Comment">// NOTE: For more on double-checked locking, see</span>
<span class="Comment">// <a href="http://preshing.com/20130930/double-checked-locking-is-fixed-in-cpp11/">http://preshing.com/20130930/double-checked-locking-is-fixed-in-cpp11/</a></span>

<span class="Comment">// NOTE: when compiled with the NTL_THREADS option, the Lazy</span>
<span class="Comment">// class may contain data members from the standard library</span>
<span class="Comment">// that may not satisfy the requirements of the Vec class</span>
<span class="Comment">// (i.e., relocatability).  One can wrap it in a pointer </span>
<span class="Comment">// class (e.g., CopiedPtr) to deal with this.</span>


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